Hopi Hostiles

The Hopi Hostiles were a traditionalist faction of the Hopi tribe of Arizona. The faction was defined by its opposition to assimilation into white American culture, and they were influenced by their shamans into believing that assimilation would lead to drought and famine. The Hostiles were outnumbered by the Hopi Friendlies, a group more amenable to assimilation, and they were mischaracterized as seeking to drive the Friendlies out of their homes. In 1906, tensions came to a climax when several conservative Hostile leaders were arrested by the United States government for refusing to send their children to white schools, and, after a ceremonial tug of war match with the Friendlies, it was decided that the Hostiles - who lost the match - would be forced to leave the main Hopi village of Oraibi. The Hostiles were sent out of town during the winter, and they were forced to build a new village at Hotevilla. Afterwards, the factions were dissolved as theh tribes parted ways.